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Shepherdia rotundifolia (roundleaf buffaloberry)

Synonyms: Elaeagnus rotundifolia (heterotypic); Lepargyraea rotundifolia; Lepargyrea rotundifolia

Wikipedia Abstract

Shepherdia rotundifolia, the roundleaf buffaloberry or silverleaf, is a 3-to-6-foot (1-to-2-meter) evergreen shrub in the oleaster family (Elaeagnaceae) that grows only in the Colorado Plateau (endemic) of the southwestern United States. The common name comes from western settlers using the cooked berries in a sauce for eating cooked buffalo meat.
View Wikipedia Record: Shepherdia rotundifolia

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Shrub

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Canyonlands National Park II 335430 Utah, United States
Grand Canyon National Park II 1210128 Arizona, United States
Natural Bridges National Monument III 7412 Utah, United States
Pipe Spring National Monument V 41 Arizona, United States
Zion National Park II 135667 Utah, United States

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0